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Mallory, Stephen R., 1813-1873 [Appointment of John Kell to commander of the Provisional Navy of the Confederate States]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00684.11 Author/Creator: Mallory, Stephen R., 1813-1873 Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Document signed Date: 1 June 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 24 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Kell promoted for service "as first Lieutenant and Executive Officer on the C.S. Steam Sloops Sumter and Alabama, under the command of Captain Raphael Semmes." Commission effective from 4 October 1863. Signed by Mallory as Secretary of Navy.

Mallory, Stephen Russell, 1813-1873
Kell, John McIntosh, 1823-1900

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